The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, 1 his ENCH BR BRANDY. cclebrated DYOld IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest AN, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. atSold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by e Agents i n the principal towns in England; or wholesale R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. u !) nalia err n'a LL Whisky." the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ic.i ,____ -FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and the kin g MORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in goodsdom, regardless of amount or distance. First. class 81 seoond-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to r o er gr,/len and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select kv utsplayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. xitrtiele warranted. nrzg i .i , GYNIEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR -0,7'1 -1. are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and wailed 11_01J - are publishinz an entirely New Edition of their un llj, a s : ;la able en' ravings FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo avings of every description of Furniture and Do;"aus, with prices attached. A copy sent giatis and t-f ree ealepLete. on application. This costly work also contains „eatima es orfurnishin g estimates on the following revised A Six -roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten -roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto 391 11 0 I ....X e ther with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass 01 valuable informationto all requiring household furniture, Z r Dtei, or bedding. References kindly permitted, to Clergy -Mt and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, I,.hielieser, Bury, Ely Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, LWells, Oxford. Brighion, Gainsborou(rh, Mirgate. Kidder n,i.nstera, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines,.D p o a r v k i V, I.eAlcl.?an's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St liraall ' parts of Greai ', to, and above 500 other places in a :,-,. b C° B BETT and CO. , General House Furnishers , Deptf ord ridge. London, S.E. TIM CONTINENTAL UNION GAS COM PANY (Limited). InC°rPOTated under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited Cli P i t'al £400,000, i n 20,000 L STa b r il e i s ty Of £2O each, with Power to Incrse. Deposit £1 on application, and £4 on Allotment. ;10h n DIRECTORS. henry Allan, Esq.; of the Oriental Gas Company. Wollat•ton Blake, Esq., 18. London-street. Cubitt, Esq., Director of the Imperial Gas Company, London. J ohn Fisher, Esq. late of Fisher's and Robinson, Watling street, Lond on . pan y, William White, Esq Director of the European G - as Com- (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co., 35, Nicholas , lane, Lombard-street. -• -ATTTITT4II.I,C J oseph If o:and, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the City of Lon -,-,don Gas Company. Ja. 11c L. Backler, Esq., Secretary to the European Ga 3 Cern- Pany, SOLICTORS. Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, and Hughes, 17, Bucklersbury. BROKERS. Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street. PROSPECTUS. This Comrany has been formed for the purpose of carrying ton the business of Gas Works now in full of ope-ation, with %xclusive privileges, in the following cities and towns of France and it Sly, viz.:—Strasburg, Cette, Nismes, Vienna, -troanne BeaucAire Rueil, Albi Milan, Genoa, Parma, Modena , and Alessandria, and Which now belong o the cociete " Union des G az ." The Company will also have the Power of extending the existing works, and of adoptng., such o ther concessions as may be considered sufficiently remune rative, either a l one or i n conne cti on w ith the Societe "Union Ilea Gaz." The confessions thus brought under one management were obtained at different periods by the Societe" Union des Gas," and nearly a million sterling has been expended in. Securing the concessions and in the constructi n and im provement of the several works, plant, mains, service pipes, ei n e u . ring the last three ears th manageent has been in Rands of a Private Co y mpany, e called the" Societe d'Ex r Wien d'Usines a Gaz," under a 23 years' working lease, end blice result has been as follows : ` . •ratis revenue for year ending 30th June, 186 , £141,800 30th June, 1162 157,840 1f172,860 improvement thus indicated is steadily progressing. _ _The capabilities ot the works and the profitable character or the business having thus been fully established by the tPerience of a company with limited resources, it is now propoMroposed to raise sufficient capita , for the repayment of all sed to loans, amounting to 2141,500, and for the further development of the property, to meet the constantly in t4B4lg demand for gas in the above-mentioned cities and owns . ' the Continental Union Gls Company (Limited) have, therefore..., entered into agreements for the purchase of all tat rights, privileges, and property of the t , societe d'Exploi tation,, for 2,500 paid-up shares ot this Company; and by a Payment of £50,000 in cash this Corr pany will become entitled t o £47,000 i n s h ores o f the "Union des Gaz," to all profits from the 30th June last, the benefit of all outlay for improve foents and extensions during the last years , and will obtain he surrender of the interests and secure the co-operation 01 ail ...parties concerned. he "Societe d'Exploitation" thus becomes extinct. D uring the period of the contract, the whole profits of the Works wi 1 pelong to thin Company, after providing for the Payment of a rental to the " Union des Gaz," cont.lnencing at ~ ••• 7 ,000 per annum', and rising in nine years to -„ maximum of -£14,C00 ; and also for the redemption 'or ' , Obligations +, a mounting. with interest to £27,450 annum, by annual drawings s c,r, ad ever 20 years. An charges of this descrip tion have hitherto been paid 0- at of profits, leaving a large Surplus. At the expiration of 23 years' contract, under the terms of their agreement, j c:ne Continental Union Gas Company (Limited) will berme joint owners to the extent of one-half of the entire property represented by the several Concessions and Ga s W:iri.s of the "Union des Gaz, will likewise be re- Paid the amount of all outlay for improvements, extensions, and n.ew works, and will be entitled thenceforth to not less than one moiety of the prt,fits, free from all liabilities and Preferential charges. A. complete inspection of the several works has been made on the part of this Company by a thoroughly practical gas .engineer, who has reported most f avourably of the p ospects Gi the undertaking. It is well I.nown to persons conversant with Gas Works "that the consumption of gas is continually increasing, and Where, as in this case, exclusive privileges have been obtained, - the- profits Snore Ise is a still greater ratio. The magnitude and importance of the cities and towns embraced in the con cessions, c oupled with the experience of the past working, pre such as to secure 20 the shareholders immediate and :steadily increasing aividends. A large numb rof the shares are already subscribed. Pro espectuses and Forms ot Application may be obtained ot :Messrs. hill, Fawcett, and Hill, the Brokers of the t 'ompany ; or at the Temporary Offices of the Comp .ny. The amount of £1 upi n eacn spa e applied tor mu t be paid to the Com pany's Bankers previously to the application being sent in; this sum will be returned if no allotment is made to the applican t. I .l.'emporary Offices, 29, Threadneedle-street, E.C., April 16, 1864. USINESSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for 1 SALE a Poulterer's, S.W. Price £20% Also Corn chandlers', from £5O to £1,000; Greengrocers', £io to £300; Confect oners', Chemists', 111illiners', Stationers', from £45 to £4O • Grocers', from £5O to £2,C00; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ; 'Bakers', £75 to £4OO ; Coffee-houses, £5O to £1,200 ; Dairies, &c., £OO to £6OO ; Oyster-rooms, Restaurants, &c., £6O to £1,600; Laundries, £s') 10 £200; Oil, Cigar, Fish, /Tam, and Toy Sh ps, £5O to £3OO ; and numerous others in every trade. Commercial Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter -lane, St. Paul's. The April List, containing 5,000, gratis. ITOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has ', or SALE, a pair of FREEHOLD semi detache:.; seven roomed .. cmied VILLAS, near a stat ion, half an hour' ride from v arringd on - s treeL with good gardens back 9- d id front. Let to iearly tenants at £22 each ; but possession of One may 'rice £3OO each. Also nume rous rbe had. others, at al prices. vfaces, corner of Little:Carter-lar,e, St. Paul's. COFFEE-HOUS.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has ~,-.1 for SALE Iv:, o ld- es t a bli s hed BUSINESS, near St. -Laul's. Coffee-room, bar, kitchen, and six rooms above. Aleut £33, I, ":„ase 16 years. Trade £l2 per week. Price £145. Also the ieltowing:—Southwark. £75 ; Oxford-street (near), ' 4 ,j 0 ,." ils iington, £6O ; Shoreditch , £ 2OO, &o. Offices, corner ' t "-Attie Carter-lane, St. Paul's. TO CHEMISTS, &c.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, in a Frain road East. Commanding corn er sho p , ei g ht rooms, &c. lent £4B. Returns £3OO, Price, including a heavy stock, Accommodation if required. Offices, corner of Littie Carter -lane, St. Paul's. TO BUTCHERS.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a ready-money BUSINESS, in Southwark. shop and fly rooms. Rent, £25. Lease, 12 years. Returns .£35 to t.;) per week. Price £6 O . Of f ices , L i t tle Cart er. lane, St. picar,. DRAPERS.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has 11 t-r SALE a good BUSINESS, in a main thoroughfare, S.E. Shop and six rooms. Rent and taxes, £3O Returns, -.£700 per annum. Stook optional. Price £45. Offices, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. PARTNERSHIPS.—Mr. ANDREW HIND is instructed to obtain a PARTNER for a very lucrative manufacturing business. Capital required, £6OO. Also numerous mercantile partnerships for negotiation requiring £lOO to £5,000. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, S . Paul's. BERLIN WOOL, FANCY STATIONERY, and TOASACCO.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for dis posal the . 4 boye, situate in one of the best positions, N. Doing P. snug business, and capab.e of improvement, Price for fittings, fixtures. &c., £lOO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane. St. Psu 's, DAIRIES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an excellent BUSINESS, S. ; dwelling house, goesds, stabing, &c.; rent, £ 1 8; lease , eight y ears ; p rice, in tludina eight cow's, horse, van, cart, poultry, &0., £420. Also the following :—City, price ,X2OD ; Islington, £l7O ; N. Dis trict, £7OO ' • Bow, £45 ; &c , Offices , corn er of Little Carter lane, St. Paul's. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. bR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND .is confidently recommen ded to the Public as an unfail 'llg remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds , chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, ctc. Sold in riots. is. lid., 2s. Oct, t Is., and 225. each. Also his riLuLiE ANFISCROPHULX, confirm ed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever o.fiered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that ma be taken at all times la ithout confine- J ‘ a!e ,, nt or change of' diet. Sold in boxes, ls. 11d., 28. id., 18. 6d., ' 1 and 225. each. Sold wholesale . by the proprietom Beach and Barnicott, - u,r_i_dport, by th • London houses, and retail by all respectable 'u medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTI ON in the construction of' ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the followi ng advantages :—A set or teeth, of excellent work- Inanship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the 'Most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without Pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime . Comfort g uar a n teed. Trea ',ee explaining Mr. Eskeil's Patent , &c . , free for 7 stamps . Inspection of secimens and consultations f ree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond - street, W; uj * 30, Bennett's-hill, Bir- Mingham. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.---Pre- Pared without any mercur ial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. . s cott, of -Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. "ms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual Co stiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera -11011 and grftteful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. London,W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three L i Men the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. _cott' p s Bulimia and Liver Pills. The genuine are o f square atgr en Package, with" William Lambert," engraved on the imit N°. 22,408. IN what " Happy Land" c an 1 Ee e y ou after the "Opera?" 1 on'y know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT -DARDEN, my deer fellow! T HE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CREDIT COMPANY (Limited). Incoporated uner the " Compaie' Act, 1.362," by which thc r liability oft he shareholdels n eelimited to the amount of their shares. Capital £2,(00.00, in 40,00) shares of 450 each. First issue 20,000 shares. Deposit £1 per share on appl tion, and £4 on allotment, of which 10,0,0 shares h: ve been already subscribed f r. Subsequent calls not to exceed £2 lOs , and at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share; but as the operations of the Company require additio al capi tal, further issues of shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing shareholders. DIRECTORS. John Barrow, Esq., Normanton Ball, Chairman Amsterdam Water Works Company. Joseph Bray, Esq , Pyrgo Park, Itomford. Ferdinand Jacques, Esq., Banker, Berl n. Charles E. Mangles, Esq., Chairman West India Royal Mail Company. George Palmer Robinson, Esq., Director Alliance Bank. George Sheward, Esq, Leinster.square, Bayswater, Thomas Stenhouse, Esq., Chairman Discount Corporation. George Barnard Townsend, Esq., Director South Eastern of Portugal Rai:way Company. BANVIRS. The Alli Liverpool;ry, London ; Brown's-buildings, and King•street. Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Desborough, Young, and Desborough, 6, Sise-lane. Messrs. Swift and Co., 32, Great George-street, Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. SECRETARY (PRO TElki Mr. Chester Earles. TEMPORARY OFFICES• 2, Copthall-chambers, Angel-court, ThrogmortOn-street. PROSPECTUS. The Directors having received the support of eminent foreign capitalists, and the 0,)• operation of many of the lead ing firms incountry connected with public works, are already in a positron to announce that they have secured a business which will of itself yield a large return on the capital, without reckoning the probable profit which they will also derive from the further operations they have in view. The spirit of enterprise which has now manifested itself in foreign countries, with the encouragement given by the various Governments to the construction of works of publi ; uti:lty, leave no doubt th it there is still ample scape for an undertaking of this nature. Having secured not only the influence of those connected with banking establishments in many of the principal cities of the continent, but the acquisi tion of business, which will form the basis of immediate profitable transactions, the Dit ectors have no hesitation in introducing this Association to the public. The general objects of this company are the same as those of other compan es of a kindred nature which have been lately started in this Country, and which, by the judicious employment of capital, h ye been enabled to secure for the shareholders such large dividends. The company will negotiate :- 1. Loans and concessions for railways, and other public works abroad. 2. Th y will advance m^ney on approved securities, as well as purchase and negotiate the same upon commission. 3. They will lend money to contractors of position and responsibility, and facilitate the construction of important public works. No promotion-money will be paid, and the amount of the Directors' remuneration will depend upon the profits made. With the view to ex' ended operations upon the continent, the Directors are authorised to publish the names of the fol lowing Bankers, as the correspondents of the Company: — Vienna Austrian Credit Institute. Berlin Joseph Jacques, Banker. Hamburg The Brunswick Bank. Leipsi3 Heinr Kustner and Co. Cologne The Schaufhausen Bank Union. Breslaw E. Heiman. Banker. Munich Herr Von Froh icbe, Banker. Dresden George Meuse' and Co Bankers. Konigsberg Hanover J. Copper and Son, Bankers. Dantzic Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the temporary offices of the company, 2, Copthall chambers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, or at I he offices of the brokers, Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1864. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., D J A C 0 B. Author of "John and I." By the "One of the most truthfully conceived and skilfully exe cuted novels we have read for many years."—Spectator. "There is much freshness and originality of conception about this book." Saturday Review. " The writing in 'Dr. Jacob ' is good throughout."— Athenteum. Hurst and Blake% 13, Great Marlborough-street, THE WAR IN DENMARK. This Day, in Svo„ price One Shilling, AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE. Issued by the March Association at Copenhagen. Translated from the Daniell. Richard Bentley, Publbher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. In Three Vols. post Svo., at all Libraries, THE DANES. SKETCHED BY THEM SELVES. A. Series of popular Stories by the best Danish Novelists. Translated by Mrs. BUSTIBY. Richard Bentley. New Burlington-81 reA. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No, CCXXX., will be Published TO-310 ItROW. CONTENTS. I. Prospe'ts of the Confederates. 11. Pompeii : Past and Present. 111. Empire of Mexico. IV. Sir Wu lam Napier. V. Shakspeare and his Sonnets. VI. The Privy Council Judgment. VII. The Foreign Policy of England. John Murray, Albemarle-street. NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS, In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Original Editions of " Pickwick," "David Copperfield," &c. On Saturday, April 30th, will be Published Part 1., price Is., of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. This Day, Never before Published, price 25., LEAH, "THE JEWISH MAIDEN. *,,* Whoever has seen Miss Batem n in "Leah" should read this story, upon which the play is founded. A'so, uniform with the above, price 2s. each, 1. BEL DEMONIO. I 2. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. N.B.—The popular Dramas are founded upon these novels. London: Ward a: d Lock, 158, Fleet-street. This Day, price 25., fancy cover, TZ ATE H A M I L T O N. XS_ An Autobiography of a Gay Life and a " Love" Career. Uniform with the above, price 2a each, 1. SKITTLES. 3. LEFT HER HOME. 2. An ONYMA. 4. FANNY WHITE. WOMEN OF LONJ)N, 2s. 6d. Illustrated. London : George Vickers, Angel-court, Strand. This form must be delivered entire to the bankers of the Company; and, after payment of dep.sit, the application to be retained by them. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. To the Directors ol the English and Foreign Credit Company (timited% Gentlemen, — Having paid to your bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per Share on shares in the above company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such shares, er any smaller number that may be allotted , o me, subject to the regulations of the company, and also to pay the further deposit of £4 per share on allotment; and I hereby authorise you to enter my name on the register of shareholders for the bares so al lotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date EMPIRE OF MEXICO, ANGLO-FRENCH SIX PER, CENT. LOAN. £7,700,000 representing a nominal amount of i 2,335,090. In bonds to bearer of £l,OlO. £s'.o, £ 00, £lOO, and £5) each, with others of smaller amounts for the Continental mar;: eta. With half-yearly Coupons attached, payable Ist April and tat Weber in London or Paris. ISSUED IN LONDON BY Messrs. GLYN, MILLS, and CO., AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (L•mited% IN PARIS BY THE SOCIETE GENERALE DE CREDIT MOBILIER. Decrees of the Emperor Maxim Tian, dated 10th and 11th April, 864, and conventions entered into with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., authorise the issue of Bonds ol the Mex can Empire to the extent of £ 2,36 1 ,000 sterling, bearing Lterest at 6 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in Lon.lon or Paris. Of this amount £8,c00,01 (1 bonds will be negotiated on ac count of the Mexican Government, and the remaining £4,365,003 on account of the French Government, by whom these bonds have been accepted in payment of expenses in curred in Mexico. The following are the arrangements for the issue to the public of the total amount of £12,365, 0 0, at the pri_e of 63 per cent. (with interest from Ist April), payable £5 on application. £3 „ allotment. 16th June, 1881. £lO „ 15th August ~ £lO „ 15th October £l3 „ 15th December ~ £lO „ 16th February, 1865. G 3 per cent. BARBARA HOME, the New Novel, by MARGARET BLOUNT, is now ready, in 3 vols., at all the Libraries. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Now ready, price ls., by post is. Id., QIIAKSPERE'S WILL, AUTOGRAPHS , and K. 7 PORTRAIT, photographed from the originals, ex pressly for the AUTOGECA?IIIC MIRROR. Which also contains fac simile.; of several other interesting documents written by the Poet's patrons and friends. Office-110, Strand, W.C. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, cc., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 Am. Private Rooms for large or small parties. . - By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. FRENCH GALLERY. 120, PALL-MALL.- The ELEVENIII ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTUREC, the contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, la. —Catalogue, 6d. MR W. S. WO O D I N ' S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, _ __ an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, Kin- William-street, Caaring - - cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday) ; Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, April 9, at three. A.NThRBURY HALL. 1J THIS EVENING an entirely new and Optical Illusion, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS! with novel effects, registered by C. Morton and J. 11. Weston. "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passim and repassing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illuso-y." --Morning Star, Feb. 19. • Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented company, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Powzr, Air. T. Maclagan, G. W. Tester, &c..tc In a few (14ys will be produced, with alterations and im provements in produAion, the Is ew Illusion, surpassing any thing yet attempted, entitled THE TERCEN t•ENA KY ; or, a NIGHT wirr a SIIAKSPERE, in which Mr. W. Randall will re- appear. Admission—Area, Ocl.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. p " E 0 X F OR D, 0, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, will be performed the new and successful Opera, by M. Guouod, FAUST, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented baud and chorus ; other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes: —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell,.Walmsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. To-morrow Evening, Saturday, ;THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicola'. Comedy by UNSWORTII and EUGENE, Mr. T. Machgan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and baloany, is.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. A coupon of 3 per cent., due Ist October, BM will be at tached to the scrip, and will be rece ived in part payment of the instalment of to per cent., due 15th October ; and sub scribers will have the option of paying the instalments under discount, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, on any of the days fixed for payment ot the instalments. The bonds will be expressed in francs, as well as in sterling, so as to admit of their negotiation in Paris and other Conti nental markets. To affori facilities for the negotiation in France, his Excellency, M. Fould, the French Minister of Finance, has authorised that a pub:lc subscription open-d in Pa is and the principal towns of France. shall be He has also instructed the syndics of the Stock Exchange of Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Toulouse, and Bordeaux to admit the scrip and bonds of the loan to their daily negotiwtions, and to order the dealings therein, both for cash and the ac count, to be quoted on the official lists. Each, bond will have attached to it half yearly interest coupons. payable on Ist April and Ist October of each year, in London, in sterling, at the bank of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and in Paris, at the fixed excha n g e of 25f. 2.9.!. per pound sterling, at the bankers of the Mexi an Government. If the instalments be not paid at the respective due dates, interest at 10 per cent. per annum will be charged until pay ment. Should any instalment not be paid within oqe calen dar month after its being due, the scrip, and all previous pay ments thereon will be forfeited. Out of the proceeds of the loan a sum equal to the four halt yearly payments of interest thereon falling due Ist o..tober. 1864, Ist April and Ist October,lB6s, and Ist April, 1866, will be retained in the Caisse des Depots et Consig na tions of the F re nch Government at Paris. The Mixed Financial Com mission hereinafter described will be spe,ially charged with the duty of providing. out of the funds so retained, for the payment in London and Paris of the said four ha .f yearly dividends. Also, out of the proceeds of the loan, and under precisely similar arrangements, funds will be retained for the next four half year y payment , of interest on the 3 per cent. Mexithe - can Bonds held under the decree o f October, 1850 and on new 3 per nt. bonds representing. the capitalised arrears of interest th c er e eon, as agreed to by the holders of the existing bonds at their recent meeting in London. For the liquidation of the loan now to be contracted, a sinking fund, equal to 1 per cent. per annum on the nominal capital of the loan, will be provided from lst April, 1869. and applied to the purchase in London and Paris, of bonds of the various classes issued to represent the loan. A Mexican Financial Commission will be at once estab lished in Paris, and wi.l be empowered to do all official acts necessary for the completion and issue of the scrip and bonds arising out of the loan, and also for the capitalisation of the arrears of in ierest on the old bonds, and for other financial purposes. This commission will con ist of Count de Germiny, Senator, Honorary Governor of the Bank of France; Mr. W lliam Hope, General Manager ot the International Financial So ciety, as Pi °visional English Commissioner; and a member to be specially delegated by the Emperor of Mexico. The documents relaticg to the authorisation of the loan may be inspected IV, the offices of Messrs. Bircham, Dalrympl e, Drake, Ward, solicitors, 46, Parliament-street, %Vest minster. In case of any application not receiving a n allotment the deposit made on application will be returned in full ; and if a less amount be allotted than is applied for the deposit will be applied towards the further sum payable on allotment, and the surplus balance, if any , returned to the applicant. Appli ations, accompanied by the prescribed deposit, will be received by Messrs. Glyn, Mills an Co., 67, Lombard street, London. and the International F nancial Society (Limited); or by the Societe Generale de Cre iit Mobilier, at t'aris, until Saturday next, the 23d April. Lists will also be opened throughout the departments ot France by all the cor respondents ot the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier, and of the Credit Fonder of France. At Turin..by the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier [fallen. 1. At At Madrid Esi,agn At Amsterdim..de Commerce et 'd'lndusiiie. Forms of application ana prospectuses may be had of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and C..., 67, Lombard-street, or the In ternational Financial Soci.ty (Limited, 51, Old Broad-street. London, April 16, 1854. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. FUNDS are urgently REQUIRED. Treasurer and Banker—EDWARD MASTE ULAN, Esq., Nicholas-lane. T HE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. By FELIX M. MILL I, :R, Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment School of Art, published under the special sanction of the National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente nary Committees, by HOWEL L, JAMES, and CO. Copies will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedgwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. French Terra Cotta 15 91 ft One Guinea. 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THE NIZAM of the ])ECCAN'S Magnificent CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA, being one o , five rec nly manufactured (154 lights, 22 feet high, and 12 feet in diameter, is now on show, together with a great variety of rare and exquisite speci , Lens of workman si.ip in glass, amongst which are designs in engravings taken from the famous E gin marb:es ; also a variety of the most delicate table glass, with elaborately eng , aved ornamenta tions resembling the finest lace work. The altarpiece, in cryst 11, has now been addel. J. DEFRIES and SONS, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall CHANDELIERS iu BRONZE, ORNIoLU, and SILVER, of tao finest designs for Dining-room and Library. Moderator Lamps in Bronze, Ormolu, China, and Glass. DEFRIES and SONS' CRYSTAL CHAN • DELIERS in Venetian, Grecian, and other registered De igns for Gas or Candles; Crystal Lamps, Chandeliers, and Wall Lights for India; Club, Mess, and General Fur nishing. 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FORM OF APPLICATION, No To be retained by the Bankers. E%LI'IIU.f OF MEXICO. Anglo-Ftench Six per Cent. Loan-17,74,000, representing a Nominal Amount of £12,365,( 00. To Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and the International Financial Society Limited). having paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills. and Co., the sum of £ , being the required deposit of 5 per cent. on £ , I request that y ou will allot me £5 in the above loan, and I hereby agree to ac •ept that amount or any less sum that may be allott , d to me, and to pay the further instalments thereon, in accordance with the terms of your prospectus of 16th April, 1861. Name in full Ad 4 ress in full Occupation Date .... MADAME TUSS AUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi dent Davis ; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo. Victor Townley. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission ls. Manager, M. GRENET. 41A., MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astees ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &o. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One bhilling (tor Gentlemen only). MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financ al operations organised and Banking fa cilit+es arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected. — The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &e., &C., To the Qucen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to .he execllence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES Nv t h PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. ix. Yd. per lb. Ordinary quality .. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. „. .. is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orderslf Five rounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 173 0 ). The large st Establishment in England for the Manuisoture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. ":1864. TlMES. —There could be but one fate for the motion of Mr. Osborne on the affairs of Denmark last night. His theories were equally unpalatable to the Government which has befriended Denmark peacefully, and the Opposition which has half in timated its desire for sterner measures. His cen sures were directed against a Treaty signed by tne Foreign Secretary of Lord Derby, and now sup ported by the Government of Lord Derby's oppo nents. If Mr. Osborne is right, then Lord Pal merston is in the wrong. No wonder, then, it was unanimously agreed that his motion ehould not be put; so that the Conference will commence its sit tings to-day without any opinion having been ex pressed by the House of Commons against the weaker party in the present war. List night the House of Commons heard a recapitulation of the ar guments which have been familiar for some years to the few students of foreign politics, and which have been more generally made known by the dis cussions of the last five months. Mr. ()Anne re peats with perfect accuracy all that the Germans have advanced on the subject, and the most learned patriots in the Frankfort Diet could not expect an Englishman to be more completely acquainted with their own side of the question. When we say further that Mr Osborne spoke, as usual, admi rably, and that his information was laid before the house with all the advantages of oratory, it may be taken for granted that the German case has not suffered for want of an advocate in England. But, as far as any practical result is concerned, this able speech might as well be left unspoken. All that the speaker told the house is known ; much of it is admitted to be true by those who have upheld the rights of Denmark. The wisdom or imprudence of the London Treaty, the right of the late King of Denmark to agree to the succession of the Glucks burgs without the assent of the Estates of the Duchies, the precise nature of those Estates and their legal competence to decide a question of succession, the conduct of the late King in respect to the stipu lations of 1851-2, the character of the Danish rule iu the Duchies, the alleged grievances of the people, the language question, the schoolmaster question, the free press question, are all matters on which the best friends of Denmark are willing to admit that there is a great deal to be said on both aides. What they have asserted, and what the public feel ing of Europe has confirmed, is that a mere ques tion of succession and mere difficulties of adminis tration incidental to all frontier and bilingnal dis tricts are not such as will justify the German Powers in using their strength to dismember an ancient Monarchy which they have solemnly pledged them selves to support. Mr. Osberne's invectives are first directed against the Treaty of 1852. Now, this Treaty we do not care to defend as to its main principles. We do not think that the possession by Denmark of a province more or less can affect the peace of Europe or the balance of power. We be lieve it would have been a better arrangement it Schleswig had been given to Denmark completely, and Holstein completely severed from it, according to the views of the " Eider Danes." Though Ger many would not assent to any such scheme now, after the wrangling of the last 12 years and the recent victories, it might not have been difficult to make such a settlement at the time of the Treaty of Lon don; and the Sehleswigers, no longer exposed to the solicitations of the Southern Duchy, would have ceased to be offended by the presence in the pulpit of a Danish preacher whom they understood just as well as if he addressed them in German. Another possible plan would have been to abolish the Danish Monarchy altogether. The union of the three Scan dinavian kingdoms would have been undoubtedly a benefit to Europe, and, if it had been accomplished, Schleswig-Holstein might have been left to what ever political happiness it might find as a fifth-rate State of the German Confederations. This, how ever, would have been a more difficult arrangement, as not only Royal interests, but national pride and some remains of national rivalry would have made Denmark unwilling to merge its individual exist ence in the Scandinavian unity. But to discuss these by bygone possibilities is, we feel, the most useless kind of criticism after the event. The politicians of 1852 acted according to the state of Europe at that time, and the opinions prevalent at the most power ful Courts. The Duchies had a short time before been agitated by an unhappy war, which had ended in the overtLeJw of the revolutionary at my, and the restoration of the King's authority by force. The memory of these events, and the uncertainty of the future owing to the want of a direct heir to the throne, retarded a return to political quiet, and when Frederick a second time proposed his scheme for a change in the succession it was received w ith favour not only by neutral Powers, but even by Prussia and Austria and the larger number of the minor German States. On the whole, we think there is no reason to quarrel with the resolution at which they, and in fact all the European Powers, arrived. There might have been a better settlement, but the Treaty of 1852 was not a bad one. The theory of race might have been satisfied by one possible arrangement ; a better frontier might have been the result of ano.lier ; but the very led that nothing else was proposed, and that both friends and ene mies accepted the principle of the Treaty, is suffi cient proof that it was founded on good sense and answered the needs of the timo. HERALD.—Thera is another sick man in Europe, and his name is Garibaldi. That is, he is officially sick, diplomatically indisposed. But physically and literally he refuses to be unwell. He insists upon it that he neither wants pbytie nor advice. His own physician aids and abets him in this pecu liar obstinacy. Dr. Basile asserts that the general's health is " perfectly satisfactory," and that his wound " no longer requires surg ical care." Yet the general is announced to leave England on Friday next,, flying from our shores as if from the pesti lence, speeding to Caprera to save his ver y life ! If Dr. ' Basile is right in his opinion, why is Geri , baldi's visit thus abruptly terminated ? An expla nation is offered by the assertion that the British Government has compromised itself by sharing in the Garibaldian demonstrations, arid has thus found it necessary to throw the general overboard, like another Jonah, in order to avoid farther complica tions with foreign Powers. It is broadly stated that Garibaldi leaves our shores at the instigation of the Palmeretenian Cabinet. Of course such a request would not be made officially. It might take the form of a friendly suggestion ; but it has been stated, on the authority of the general him self, that it is in some such way as this that he is induced to curtail his welcome visit. On the con trary, Lord Palmerston and the E irl of Clarendon deny the entire assertion. The latter assures the country that the Emperor of the French has ex pressed no annoyance at Garibaldi's reception, and Lord Palmerston disavows any act on the part of the Government to induce Garibaldi to quit the kingdom. Thus we are left without any solution to what is really a very vexatious kind of mys tery. If we believe Dr. Basile, if we believe what Garibaldi is declared to have said of him self only yesterday morning, the state of his health is not the reason why he leaves England in less than three weeks after bis arrival. Then what is the real occasion of so strange an incident ? Garibaldi is neither whimsical nor passionate. He acts with reason and judgment, though with ardour and enthusiasm. Has he any deep design of his own ? Is he about to swoop down on Venetia, or to scale the walls of Rome? If so, why does he not restrain his physician from bruit ing abroad the fact that ill-health has nothing to do with his sudden flight? If Garibaldi's coming was a mystery, hie going is tenfold more so. Has he been imposed upon? Has some audacious underling appeared before him as an agent of the Government, and uttered unauthorised requests in the name of the British Cabinet ? There is obviously something to be explained. There is deception, or delusion, or m i s apprehension somewhere. That the health of 3aribaldi is affected by the fatigue and excitement of his English reception there can be little doubt. We say this with all due respect to his worthy phy sician, Dr. Basile. Still more clearly do we appre hend the risk which besets the wounded soldier in uader'ilting his triumphal progress through the pro vinces, No great harm may yet have been inflicted, but still there may be nes en for interposing some respite in the round of interviews and demonstra tions to which the distinguished Italian is subjected, So far we egree with Dr. Fergusson. But it is not so clear that the general must necessarily leave England and return forthwith to Ceptera. The sud denness of this departure is something astounding. It is as though " sumo well-graced actor,'' in the midst of a scene which riveted every eye and en tranced every heart, should drop through a trap door in the stage and suddenly dis ippear with an unfinished harangue yet quivering upon his lips, We are told in this instance that the trap-door is opened by a doctor; but one who has caught a glimpse behind the scenes tells us that it is a statesman, and not a doctor who lets down the trap. If Ole be se, who is he ? What " minion from tba Exchequer" have we here ? As surely as there is no Effect without a cause, Garabaldi does not move without a mo tive. Some power is at work, some undercurrent, whioh the public sentiment will demand to have laid . bare. There is a remarkable unanimity on the part BANKERS' RECEIPT, No To be ref ain ed by applicant. EMPI itE OF MEXICO, Anglo-French SIX per tent. L0an—£7,790,000, representing a Nominal amount of £12,365,000. 67, Lombard-street, London. April, 1861. Received of the sum of £ on account of the above loan, being the deposit cf 5 per cent. on an application for £ of the above loan. For Glyn, Mills, and Co., *** The applicant Tail' please fill up the blanks of this ap. oliCation and the receipt before preientbag the payment. 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But supposing the General to be unwell, or in danger of becoming so—the latter being an especially possible event—is there no me dium between his present round of ceaseless activity and the utter seclusion of Caprera ? Are there no hermitages in Great Britain, that the weary veteran must be packed off to his lonely isle, to listen once more to the bleating of his goats and the murmur of the waves? There is something altogether ano malous in the aspect which Garibaldi now presents before the eyes of the world, and for his own sake it is needful that some further explanation should be forthcoming. We are certain that when the truth is clearly set forth the facts will redound to the honour of the great chieftain. At present we are looking at our luminary through a fog, and we invoke a healthful breeze to clear away the haze which for the present baffles penetration. DIRECTORS. John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper Thames-street, Director of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company. George Haines, Esq., Merchant, 36, Lombard. street. John Ingledew, Esq , Cambridge House, Lee Park, Kent. William Knight, Esq. (Messrs. William Knight and Co.), 83, Lombard-street. Henry Ledgard, Esq., Forest-hill, Kent. George S. Symons, Esq. (Messrs, G. S. Symons and Co.), 20 and 21, St. Dunstan's-hill. John E. Tibbs, Esq. (Messrs. J. E. Tibbs and Son), Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Roll ing Stock Company. James Lunham, Esq. (Messrs. James Lunham and Co.), 211, High-street, Borough. Jabez Voss, Effi. (Messrs, Vess, Meek, and Co ), Billiter • square. Walter Brodie, E!,q., 13. Delamere •terrace, Hyde-park, late Member of the House of Representatives, New Zealand. .nfinential names in Manchester and Liverpool will be immediately added to the Direction.) BANKERS—The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 79, Cornhill, E.C. SOLICITORS—Mossrs. Bennett and Stark, 4, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. Biloxi . .Ens—Messrs. Scrut ton and Son. 81, 0!d Broad-street, AuDiTolis —Messrs. Cash and Edwards, Public Accountants, 13, Tokenhouse-yard, B.C. GENERAL AND RESIDENT MANAGER—Mr. Robert Steers, SECRETARY—Mr. George Drew Hodges. °Prices-29, Nicholas-lane, Lombard -street, E.C. This Company has for its purpose the transaction of the important and renuncrative business of Fire Insur inc?, and that only, to the exclusion of other branches of busi ness not =snag! associated with it, under the same direc tion, and operating on one and the same capital. The Directors are satisfied that the scope for the business of fire insurance presented by this country and its dependencies, is, as a commercial speculation, deserving of paramount attention ; and, tht contract being one terminable annually, the profits or loss arising d e t erm i ne i n like manner, year by year, and exhibit at once a compan y's financial position and its resources. While the 'Jarful remission of the fire insurance duty now in the contemplation of G ov ernment, and applicable only to the insurance of stock-in-trade, will afford a com paratively limited relief from the onerous oppression, the Directors have resilved to allow upon payment for every policy, and afterwirds at each renewa l, an immediate thaw • bsck, which, in many instances, will amount to a total ex • tinction of the entre duty of three shillings per cent. To the public at large, and to the greater proportion of the manufacturing ani mercantile community, this arrange ment will prove a highly acceptable advantage. Th e draw back allowed by afew of th e , older offices by way o f p er centage on preiniums, a t i nterva l s o f y e ars, is of im portance only to those who are rated at premiums ranging chiefly from one guinea per cen t . upwar ds, and is partici pated in only by :hose who may have premiums to be re newed at the pericd of th e ma ki ng of t h ese re t ur ns ; whereas by the principle adopted by this Company, the owne rs of the classes of risk of the more or di nar y occurrence, are they who will be the more su b stan ti a ll y a nd at the same time promptly .benefited. Tine concessiot to be thus made to the public will cer tainly be the means not only of increasing in their respec tive amounts insurances now existing, but of multiplying to a very large extent the nu m b er o f insurance contracts in this country and its colonial connections. The insurable property in this kingdom alone, inclu din g its enormous and increasin g i mportat i ons ar i s ing from the wise interchange of tariff's, its believed to approxima te to £5,000,000,000, vhereas £1,300,000,000 only is insured; thus leaving nearly three-f ourt h s of the insurable amount altogether unprotected from loss. It would be difficult to find any class of investments w hich has yielded such large profit s as t h e s h ar es of well-con ductedimmensely, fire offices. The shar es o f t h e o ld er o ffices have in creased in value b e i ng, i n one , case , at a pre miumof about 1,300, and iu a no th er o f nearly 2,000 per cent on the sums originally paid up. The increased value of the shares of offices established within the last 20 years stands at from 80 to 200 per cent. It is under these circumstances, an d considering the im mense field presented for operations to come, that the direc tors have taken advantageto offer to the public the benefits o f the principle of business now adopted by them; and they have every reason to believe that by its. special feature and the public support which that must necessarily of so favourable an opportunity invite the undertaking will speedily be productive of the b es t monetary resu lt s . The executive will be entrusted to officers of tried experi ence in the business of fire insurance, and the directors have already matured arrangements for the immediate establish ment of five hundred agencies, The directors desire to give . the moa t unqua lifi e d assur bilegral settlement of claims for of the nature of frivolous compensationa n objectionsce to th e t oawp public irlo ' l n i t e h yp a et t .r. a nbneodt entertained hl or countenanced by i them. Forms cf application for shares may be had at the offices of the Company, or of the Brokers, Bankers, or Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposit will be returned in full. PORNI OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Independent Fire Insurance Company, Limited. Gent'emen,—llaving paid to your • the sum of , being a deposit of Xt per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number; and I agree (according to the form prescribed by the Articles of Association) to accept such shares, or any less number you may allot me, to pay £1 ICs. p r share on allotment, and to execute the Articles of Association when required ; an t I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Shareholder for the shares BO allotted. Name in full Eesiden:e. Profeftion or business Date Post• office orders and bankers' cheques (crossed to the Com pany's bankers , to be made payable to the Secretary of the Company. • " Secretary," or " Ba' ker," as the case may be. OHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring - Freehold or L-asehold Property, or havintr Business and Houses to be dispose I ot, should apply to Cllr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 20, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE ',SKIN. nOLL ARP S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes , and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of, sulphur they contain. sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, Lond.9 ll, W., and at all chemists, rroopectuses and testimonials sent on application. THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From the 7imes Special Correspondent with the Anted Armies.) BROACKER, April 15. The Prussian Generals seem determined to convert the Danish earthworks into masses of metal before adventuring the lives of their men in an assault. Yesterday was another day of heavy fire. I went down to Gravenstein in the afternoon to post my letters, and thither the masses of smoke from the batteries had preceded me, borne from Duppel byan easterly wind; there was other smoke, also, from a farm in Alsen, yesterday set on fire by one of the batteries on the left. It was one of those great farms mot uncommon in Sohliamig, with a pp:piens residence and extensive outbuildings, the abode of ease and comfort—sometimes of almost wealth and luxury. But some Danes were in it, and had to be dislodged. So thought an officer in command of a battery on the left, and accordingly he threw in a shell and burnt the place. It was a great confla gration, and surely a heavy loss to some one of those Schleswigers whom the Allies have come to help to their rights. Meanwhile and ell day the batteries blazed away at the forts, which replied not. On the left, however, two batteries found an answer. Up to about noon the Danes replied to them vigorously, and in one of them, No. 25, nearly opposite to Sandberg, two guns were dis mounted and damaged, two men killed, and one wounded. You were told before that the Danes had established strong batteries along that Alsen strand, as far north as Ronhoff, and it was two of those that yesterday fired. On the right of the Prussian line of attack, in a battery of the second parallel, a visitor who bad been up there yesterday told me that he saw a gun lying dismounted. It is re ported to have been done in the night by some small Danish gunboats that ventured in, but how these es caped at the hands of the heavy batteries established with a view to such contingencies I am unable to state. It is difficult to get precise information on such matters. Every man may know what passes in his own battery, bat he generally knows little more—at least of what occurs at night, and numerous tales obtain currency for which there is little or no foundation. - I understand that Sonder borg was again bombarded yesterday, although perhaps to no great extent. lam wholly at a loss to explain the object of these repeated bombard ments. The nearest of the two bridges which con nect Alsen and Snndewitt is perfectly well seen from the Observatory at Schelde, and is, of course, an object of attention to the artillery. A watch is kept for troops and stores passing over it, with a view to fire upon them. But as the bridge is diffi cult to hit, although seemingly constructed of very large pontoons, the fire, an artillery officer informed me, is generally directed at the approaches to it, on the side of the mainhind, as I understood, but if the same were done on the side of the town it could hardly fail to occasion damage to houses. The Prussians seem unable to explain the repeated shelling of Sonderborg, and still more at a loss to justify it, or, at least, to justify the doing it without notice to the inhabitants. Some say it wee an oversight; some that for special reasons warning could not be given ; others that the inhabitants ought to have abandoned it on the hint of the half dczcn shells thrown in three weeks ego; while others again declare their belief that it had been so abandoned that it in fact was no longer anything but a great barrack which they had a perfect right to bombard at any hour. 1 perceive signs of great annoyance in certain quarters at the severe manner in which the proceeding has been judged in Eng land. I should be glad if Berlin could give satis factory explanations in reply to the inquiries under stood to have been addressed to it, but I fear that will prove rather diffia.alt. The Schelde Observatory, above referred to, has not, I think, as yet been described to you. It is situated on the west coast of Brosekerland, to the south of Gammelsmark. At the upper edge of the beach, where it rises into a field, and with one corner propped against a mighty tree, stands a little hut the rude framework of which consists of a few poles and spars, and the walls and roof of which area seaweed and straw. In it there is a very fair telescope, and intelligent non-commis sioned officers are continually on the look-out. From it one looks right up Alsen Sand and has an excel• lent view of the town. I was up there last in the afernoon of the 13th, and had another careful exa mination of Sonderborg. The traces of the fire are very slight, but one can discover houses the win dows of which are gone and the apertures black ened, and which, doubtless, have been gutted by the flames. There was a good deal of shipping up in Horup Haff, including some large steamers, and their appearance, although no unusual occurrence, came opportunely to give increased probability to the rumours of Danish evacuation current on that day, but which may now, it seems, be considered to have been unfounded. From that Observatory, on the days of the bombardment of Sonderborg, many of the Prussian shells *ere seen to fall in the water. Although it is unimportant as affecting the conduct of the Prussians, it may be well to note, as a gauge of Danish veracity and accuracy, that 400 shells were the very largest number that were thrown during the whole of what is upon the other side called the 48 hours' bombardment. Forty-two fire-shells were first thrown, but did not set the place on fire; this was done by the ordinary shells that followed. The shells were all fired from one battery, and not, as I was led to believe, from two My information as to the number fired is derived from a gentleman who must know, who is incapable of an untruth, and who in this case has not the slightest interest to tell one. The prisoners taken the night before last, and whose numbers are variously stated at from 120 to 160, are nearly all Jutlanders. Judging from the way in which some of them were yesterday chatting and laughing at Gravenstein, they are not much cast down at their captivity; but, on the contrary, rather glad to bo taken. This has seemed to be the case with most of the prisoners I have seen since the very beginning of the war. Many of them, it is true, were Schleswigers, and de facto deserters, but I do not believe that the Jutlanders aro a bit more anxious to fight. There is small reason why they should. The longer and the better they defend Duppcl and Alecu the worse is it for their native province, which is being ruined by the enormous exactions of the Allies, who there appa rently act upon the Napoleonic principle of making war cuppert war. Even here in Schleswig, where that is not the case, the people iu general will be delighted to get rid of this army, well behaved though they freely admit its soldiers are. Since I have:been living in Broacker and its neighbourhood, with most parts of which I am by this time tolerably familiar, I have been struck by two things, which, although small, are sure signs that the soldiers who occupy every village and hamlet and farmhouse and pe3sant's cot in the country are orderly and re specters of property. The gardens are not ravaged and the henroosts are not robbed. In the little nooks of garden which, as in England, arc to be ~,/ ,/,,„,Ae-f-e2-q tz, NE W S PATE R 4 , --.IZ- et j.- - -f: 1:; g 7 5. "' 72: ' 's• 14A t-lAN found in front or roar of many cot Si.tetla ' '' :l 7, ( ''.4, - -'i spring flowers flowers are now making thei IA .. , ee. ,„./,;",,,, 4. ~ .l e well trimmed, untrampled borders. ' '"-e.e:k fgt. ~c i f.y. , _,'"Y 1 1 leads his harem afield without dang .. lYVVrefiel served up a . 1 4 Zortavo, and ducks end chins -sie S to be seen pet Ariously in every pond and lane. These small traits show the character of an army. Nevertheles the 30,000 or 40,000 men (pro bably the latter) now in front of Duppel,and whose commander's headquarters are at Gravenstein, form a grievous burden upon the land, the little Pialuenc43 and modest ease of which seem, so to spunk, to perish under the pressure. The exorbitant amount; of billeting is severely felt now that it has lasted so long. I know of one house in Gravenstein, inhabited by a respectable family and containing eight rooms, one of which is reserved to himself by toe proprietor of the house. Of the remaining s o e w v n e n, use. t s the tenants oldi e Soldiers voec occupy ffiyronoete r rnhessirathe room in p which exclusivelyrbeedaephp appropriated a bedchamber their , r and sit. they share with fiveoffice rooms in different ways entirely to th e use of rori they the army. I must suppose that there are not a few others equally incommoded, and all but turned out of their houses. If this army remains here much lonper it would be better and healthier to put part of it under canvas than to keep it crowded in close cantonments. In weather that is neither wet nor severely cold, a clean well-aired . tent is a more salubrious abode than frowzy, low-roofed, stove-heated rooms. I lately wrote to you that the Rolf Krake had been in the direction of the Nobel Noer and had exchanged a few shots with the Alnoer batteries. This seems to be an incorrect version of what took place. At Eckersund ferry (the pontoon bridge is not yet replaced) I yesterday was told that, the night being very dark, the men in one of the bat teries had fancied that a small oraft which lay near was moving, and their heads being doubtless full of the Rolfe Krake since her exploit of the 28th of March, they imagined they had before them that adventurous cruiser, and accordingly fired upon her. ,One shot only was fired, it isaaid t and some rifles 'by the in fantrftnae at hana,'6i*re ttakerror was - --,,, discovered. Luckily no damage was done. The day before yesterday a steam corvette, said to be the Dannebrog, and to carry 15 guns, anchored in the water south of Alsen, between Venning Bued and Hornp Haff. It is reported here she is iron clad. Ido not know whether the Danes have so large a vessel protected in this manner. She left again ye3terday. . Since the outposts have been so near together, up to the 13th inst., there was some fraternisation between the Danish and Gernpn sentries, who met half way and drunk and talked together. On Wed. nesday, down near the Venning Bend, to the right of the third parallel, where the Prussians and Danes stood but 60 paces apart, in pits and behind parapets on opposite sides of the same field, I saw several instances of this. A soldier would step out of his cover waving a white handherchief, and would advance to the middle of rho field, where his opponent met him, and they drank out of the same flask, or, in one or two cases, merely ex changed a few words, shook hands, and parted. The thing was latterly forbidden, but it still con tinued more or less. I suppose an end will have been put to it by the fight of the night before last and the withdrawal of the lines, at least on a great part of the line, within their entrenchments. The Prussian soldiers say that some of the Danes ex pressed to them their great weariness of the war t but said that they expected it to cease on the 12th inst. Perhaps they had heard that the Conference was to meet on that day, as reported, and had a vagne notion that it would put a stop to hostilities. Northwards from West Duppel the Prussians have now a chain of batteries, consisting of 6, 12, and 24 pounder rifled guns. The 24 pounders were yesterday (two batteries of four guns each) firing at the north end of Sonderborg and at the second pon toon bridge, but they are reported to have made poor practice. The distance is great. Ten 5-pounders, in the two batteries nearest to Deppel, yesterday fired at forts 7to 10. Then there are three 12-pounder batteries which engage the lhnish forts en Alsen shore. The furthest of these, close to Sondberg Castle, was yesterday firing from behind a bank, there being no regular breastwork as ytt made for it. Further on, near Schnnbek, hard by tha exit from the harrow portion of Alsen Sund, where it widens and turns more eastwards, are some more 12-pounders. Railway and Public Companies in Parliament. Vert:sc.lay, before the committee on the new metropolitrn railways, the evidence of Mr. Seymour Clarke on the gene— ral merits of the Groat Norhern Railway Company's pro posed Barnet branch, and for other purposes, having been concluded, Mr. Fowler, the engineer, and Mr. Fenton, traffic manager of the Metropolitan Railway, were examined in opposition to the proposal of the Great Northern to run over the Metropolitan Railway between King's-cress and its Farringdon•street terminus. Mr. Hope Scotc, Q.C., was heard in opposition on behalf of the Midland Rail way Company, relative to the acquisition of some lands for station purposes to the westward of the Great Northern Company's goods station at King's-cross, of which the Metropolitan possessed the freehold, but of which the Midland company claimed the leasehold. The committee will not give their decision on the Great Northern Company's bill until they have heard the case of the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company's No. 1 bill, which involves questions for adjudication common to both schemes. The case for the Staines, Egham, and Woking Junction Railway was opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C., in the committee of which Mr. Scholefield is chairman. It is pro posed to be incorporated with a capital of £48,000, and £lO,OOO loan, for a five mile line from a junction with the. Staines and Wokingham Railway eastward of its Virginia Water station to the Woking station of the London and South Western Railway. Mr. Gregory, C.E.,was examined in favour of the line, and after hearing the general traffic evidence, the committee threw out the bill, subsequently passing the proposed extension of the South-Western to Chertsey, which had been considered at previous sittings. The further hearing of the North British Company's exten sion to Perth is adjourned in Mr. Hassard's committee, who then considered the proposed Denburn Valley Railway, which proposes, inter alia, to empower the Scottish North Eastern to make a short line through Denburn valley to the Great North of Scotland, with a joint passenger station and approaches at Aberdeen, the first company to be em powered to apply £70,000, and the second £125,000 for the purpose. After hearing Mr. Sergeant Bellasis against, the Railway to toptasheseselcotteishbilNhortThhEe as bi t ll ern fo , r l b e e a i s n in g g th uno o pp A o l s 3 e - th d, was sent down to Mr. Massey's committee. The committee on the competing schemes proposed by the Sheffield, Ches terfield, and Staffordshire Railway, and by the Midland Railway, from Chesterfield to Sheffield, resumed its inquiry, taking the case of the latter bill for a new line of 13 rallies between those places, to raise £455,000 by shares and £151,000 by loan. The traffic case was considered. The bills passed in Mr. Massey's comm.ittee were the Bod min and Wadebridge Railway, for a line of three miles between those points in Cornwall, and to raise S 48,000; the Wallingford and Watlingtoi; Railway, of eight miles, to raise £BO,OOO by shares, and `.:, P ).000 loan ; Bedford and Cambridge Railway, to raise a furthCr sum of £50,000; Witney Railway, and Ely, Haddenham, at,:d Sat ton. 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